Reserve carrier for automobiles



Aug. 7, 1923. 1,463.792

' A. BRODIN -RESERVE CARRIER FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed July 24, 1922 n [WK 15:14 .26 I" "II dull /7 awventoz HR l//0 500mm Patented Aug. 7, 1923.

UNITED STATES ARVID nnonrn, or Los ANGELES, camroenm.

ransnavn CARRIER ron AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed July 24, 1922. Serial u0.-577,o71.

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, Anvil) BRODIN, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in a Reserve Carrier for Automobiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide means for carrying reserve supplies for the engine of an automobile; to carry the said supplies in suflicient quantity and with the minimum amount of space; to simplify and cheapen the construction; and to provide means for attaching the same to automobiles in service.

Dru/wings.

Figure 4 is a cross section taken on the line 1- 1 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a cross section taken as on the line 5-5 in Fig. 3 receptacle being shown in full lines.

Descm'pton.

As seen in the drawings a series of receptacles 10, 11 and 12 are provided, said receptacles being constructed with reference to the spaces between brackets 13, which in service support the running board 141 of an automobile.

As shown best in Fig. 4: of the drawings each receptacle has a spout 15 and a handle 16. The receptacles are made as narrow as possible to fit the pockets 17, 18 and 19 of the carrier.

The pockets 17 18, 19 and 20 are constructed from sheet metal preferably the metal being bent to form valleys between the various receptacles and to bridge the same at the top thereof for extension above the brackets 18 for holding the running board, 14.

The bridges 21 as well as the end flanges 22 are provided with bolt holes 23 through which the bolts 2% of theautomobile struc ture may pass, I 1

Each of the pockets has a door 25 hinged to the-bottom of the pocket and normally held in closed position by a spring 26." When desired the door may be provided with any suitable form of lock or of clamping member for preventing tampering with the contents of the said pockets or for preventmg the rattling of the said doors.

The carrier is preferably made as a unit structure, the valleys or spaces between the pockets thereof being disposed with reference to the various makes of automobiles. When it is desired to install the carrier this is accomplished by releasing the bolts 24 of the brackets 13 to permit the prying up or lifting of the running board 14 so that the metal forming the bridges 21 may be introduced between the bracket 13 and the running board 14. The carrier is then adjusted only the bolt holes 23 correspond with the bolt holes in the brackets when the bolts 24 are replaced and tightened with the result that the carrier is thereafter held firmly in service position.

Claims.

1*. In combination with a plurality of liquid receptacles; a carrier therefor comprising a plurality of edge-opening pockets shaped in correspondence with said receptacles and in correspondence with the supporting structure for the running board of an automobile to be permanently engaged thereby in service; and means for engaging said supporting structure of said running board, said means embodying the top of said container between said pockets, said top being adapted for introduction between the running board and the brackets supporting said running board.

2. In combination with a plurality of liquid receptacles; a carrier therefor comprising a plurality of edge-opening pockets shaped in correspondence with said receptacles and in correspondence with the supporting structure for the running board of an automobile to be permanently engaged thereby in service; and closure members for said pockets for sealing the same against the admission of dust and weather.

3. In combination, a plurality of liquid receptacles, said receptacles conforming approximately to the width of the running board of an automobile, and the spaces between the supporting brackets therefor; a container for said receptacles comprising an integrally connected series of pockets, said pockets conforming in shape and size to said receptacles, and spaced apart in conformitywith said supporting brackets, the top wall of said container forming bridges between said pockets, said bridges being pierced in conformity with the disposition of the structural bolts uniting said brackets and said running board. a

4;. In combination a plurality of liquid receptacles, said receptacles conforming approximately tothe width of the running board of an automobile, and the spaces between the supporting brackets therefor; a container for said receptacles comprising an integrally connected series of pockets, said pockets conforming in shape and size to said receptacles, and spaced apart in conformity with said supporting brackets, the top wall of said container forming bridges between said pockets, said bridges being pierced in conformity with the disposition of the structural bolts uniting said brackets and said running board; and means for sealing in service each of said pockets.

ARVID BRODIN. 

